Anbara Salam is a Palestinian-Lebanese-Scottish writer. She is the author of Things Bright and Beautiful (Fig Tree/Penguin, 2018) and Belladonna (Fig Tree/Penguin, 2020).
Pride 2022: This essay is extracted from This Arab is Queer: An Anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers. It is published by Saqi Books and is available now from their website and all good bookstores.
